Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2020

TOI-905 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-905, located approximately 517.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.13 Earth radii
  • A mass of 211.99 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.23 g
  • An orbital period of 3.739 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0467 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,192 K (919 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 517.44 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.108
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 9,125,111 years

TOI-905 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.13 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.171 R♃
Mass
211.99 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.667 M♃
Density
0.52 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.23 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.108
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2020
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#904of 1771

top 51.0%

This planet

13.13R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-905 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.1311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00211.99317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.521.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.232.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00337.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 211.993 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 261867566

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5795534040654879744

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5795534040654879744

System

TOI-905

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.126 R⊕ · percentile 49 / cohort 1771
Mass 211.993 M⊕ · percentile 22 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3.74 d · percentile 26 / cohort 1533
Distance 158.65 pc · percentile 45 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.108 · percentile 29 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.739 days
Semi-major axis
0.0467 AU
Eccentricity
0.024
Inclination
85.68 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.74 Earth days (1.0% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0467 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.718 %

Duration

2.028 h

Impact parameter b

0.816

Rp / R★

0.131100

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,643.3090

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 17,180 ppm lasting ≈ 2.03 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.131100

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

11.470

Impact parameter (b)

0.816

RV semi-amplitude (K)

89.100 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,643.3090

Long. of periastron (ω)

39.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.29400

Eq. Temperature

1,192K

(919 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

337.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.108

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched.

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

A transit dip has been observed from at least one telescope.

Radial velocity

Stellar wobble has been measured spectroscopically.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Davis et al. 2020

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2020-11

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-905

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,570 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.40 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.918 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.968 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.14

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.498 dex

Stellar density

1.760 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

42.44 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
158.65 parsec
Light-years 517.44 ly
V-band magnitude
11.08 mag
Voyager-speed travel 9,125,111 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

9.212.112.09B11.08V11.08Gaia10.57TESS9.89J9.51H9.45K9.37W19.43W29.29W39.15W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

6.274 mas

Total Proper Motion

48.590 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-25.84 mas/yr

PM Declination

-41.15 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.215 · y = -0.236 · z = -0.948

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 227.65868° · Dec -71.36163°

Galactic ℓ, b

313.657° · -11.449°

Ecliptic λ, β

250.065° · -50.841°

HTM-20 index

371789910

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